Went for Sunday lunch to see what it was like under the new management. Things didn't start brilliantly to be honest. Waited for a bit without a menu, eventually asked if we'd seen the menu to which we replied we hadn't so one was brought over (basically a chalkboard that I think everyone shared between them). Asked if there were starters and was given the starters menu which consisted of 2 starters , cod goujons and a proscuitto platter. No soup, no pate , no garlic mushrooms , a couple of pretty odd options for a Sunday lunch in winter really. Anyway ordered one of each and a Sunday roast each , mine with beef and gammon and wife's just with Gammon. Starters arrived and the best I can say is they were ok. My cod goujons were 4 small , what struck me as frozen cod sticks (like fish fingers) on top of some token lettuce. No mixed leaves, no salad dressing just some lettuce, the worst salad accompaniment to a starter I have seen in a long time. The wifes was ok, just a bit of an odd starter really as previously mentioned but fine for what it was. Anyway finished those and then the main arrived and here is where things get tricky because there was a lot good about it but the meat was a real disappointment. I'll keep it short, the veg (broccoli , carrots, cauli, parsnips) was lovely, obviously fresh and cooked to perfection , the roasts were lovely as well , cooked perfectly. The problem was the meat. What should be the star of the show on a Sunday lunch was incredibly disappointing. For a start there was hardly any. I got one small slice of beef and one small slice of gammon and that was it. Wife had 2 small slices of gammon. I mean come on, really? The beef was overcooked (not in the slightest bit pink) and tough. The gammon was pretty tasteless, just struck me as a not very good quality gammon joint. We've had far more meat and better cooked / quality meat everywhere else we've been recently. Is 2 small slices of meat the norm these days on a pub Sunday roast lunch? Definitely got more than that at Red Sails over the bridge and also Memories in New Holland and even a little cafe in Cleethorpes that charge £7.50 for a Sunday roast and you get a lot more meat than we got on this occasion. Anyway on the basis of what we experienced we won't be back which is a shame really. As far as I'm concerned the food has gone downhill compared to under the previous management and they seriously need to look at their choice of starters and offer things like soup or pate etc and to be honest the choice of desserts wasn't particularly inspiring either (no cheesecake for example). I don't like being critical but I have to be honest , could we have said something at the time, yes probably although when asked at the bar when there are quite a few people about I didn't feel comfortable doing that really. At least by writing a review hopefully the establishment can consider what I've said and make some improvements, if they feel my complaints are justified of course. The staff seemed friendly enough and certainly made us feel welcome, it was just the starters and the meat that let it down , sorry but I'd need to see evidence of a big improvement in those departments before I'd consider going for Sunday lunch here again.
Ewan M
Good service, excellent food this place will take off. The Sunday roast was brilliant, gravy excellent, gammon well seasoned and cooked
rickileas2020
Recently under new management, The place is warm friendly welcoming. Staff are amazing. Food is superb and reasonably priced definitely value for money! Great drinks awesome atmosphere. So happy to have found this little gem! I will be back! Thank you
Wanderer610148
Please ignore the negative reviews in the past - new people have just taken over and Soon as we walked through the door we knew we were in for a good time- great welcome And superbly kept real ale was a good start - we ordered 2 Roasts and the food was excellent And at just over £8 each good value for money- I love pubs like this when they are so welcoming- if they were run like this a lot more pubs wouldn’t be closing sadly
Sally Rickell
Booked a table for 4 people for 2pm. Still not served coffee or lunch by 3:30pm. The poor waitress was sent out twice to apologise & told us it would be instant coffee. We observed that many people were leaving their food & they told us the meat was chewy. After being told the food would be at least another 20mins we got up & left. I would have marked the food had we received any. Only then did the barmaid apologise saying she was sorry. At which point so were we for booking there.
Valo Cor
Lovely service/ friendly staff, quality food. Reggie the pub dog deserves employee of the
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The Wheatsheaf is very hit and miss, one week food and portion size will be very good and the next week the total oppisite poor to average food and child sized portions It is a shame because when its good it is really good, just wish the management would be more consistant
Rupert Russell
Visited for lunch. Light bites just the right size for us. Great steak and good sausages. Real chips too.
camplike
Great pub, a proper pub that serves good food. We were away on business, didn't have a clue on where to eat but this place is just a little gem. Good friendly service, very polite and great banter from the very young lady who served us. The food was really good, we both ordered the Rib eye steak, very good indeed, cooked exactly how we wanted and real proper chips - some of the best we have had in a while. We both ordered a pudding, the Treacle sponge was outstanding, one of the best I have had, very well complemented with Vanilla Ice cream. It is a pub, the décor could do with a refresh, but what a little gem - Thank you for serving us - top dollar.
Ruth Chapman
Excellent service and quality for moneyWheelchair accessibility: Only available via the front entrance. Unfortunately due to the age and building restrictions of the pub, disabled toilets are not available for wheelchair users ?
Treated my kids to an evening meal out and this place didn’t disappoint. Their kids menu has all the usual necessities (nuggets, pizza, sausages) and they were good sized meals. Nuggets were decent home-cooked ones which went down a storm. Reasonably priced for good sized meals, though could do with more vegetarian options. I had a fish dish instead. Really polite waitress who complimented the kids on good behaviour and offered them different drinks choices when they were indecisive. Thanks Wheatsheaf for a well earned treat tonight!
MissKitty39
My friend and I had a meal at the wheatsheaf last month and it was very nice so we decided to go back again today. Big mistake. The bar person asked if we were eating which we were. She told us to sit down and she would come and take our drinks order. After waiting 10mins my friend thought she would just order at the bar. She went up to the bar and the same person that had told us she would take our order ignored her and went on to serve someone else who just walked in! The place wasn’t over busy so we can only assume they didn’t want custom. We promptly left and went across the road were the service, food and drinks were excellent. We won’t be going back to the wheatsheaf
Kevin Richard Cox
Service excellent food lovely highly recommend anybody to visit for lunch.
Chrissie Dearing
Food lovely and staff very friendly
Sonja Foreman
Booked table for 7pm, arrived to be told it was a 30 min wait for food, was shown to our table then told it was now 45min wait because they were extremely busy ????? Only one other table in the whole place had 4 people on it! Food came at 8.05pm. We expected a high standard as it had taken so long, the food was edible but nothing special. Gravy was very salty . Won't be going again.
Went for Sunday lunch to see what it was like under the new management. Things didn't start brilliantly to be honest. Waited for a bit without a menu, eventually asked if we'd seen the menu to which we replied we hadn't so one was brought over (basically a chalkboard that I think everyone shared between them). Asked if there were starters and was given the starters menu which consisted of 2 starters , cod goujons and a proscuitto platter. No soup, no pate , no garlic mushrooms , a couple of pretty odd options for a Sunday lunch in winter really. Anyway ordered one of each and a Sunday roast each , mine with beef and gammon and wife's just with Gammon. Starters arrived and the best I can say is they were ok. My cod goujons were 4 small , what struck me as frozen cod sticks (like fish fingers) on top of some token lettuce. No mixed leaves, no salad dressing just some lettuce, the worst salad accompaniment to a starter I have seen in a long time. The wifes was ok, just a bit of an odd starter really as previously mentioned but fine for what it was. Anyway finished those and then the main arrived and here is where things get tricky because there was a lot good about it but the meat was a real disappointment. I'll keep it short, the veg (broccoli , carrots, cauli, parsnips) was lovely, obviously fresh and cooked to perfection , the roasts were lovely as well , cooked perfectly. The problem was the meat. What should be the star of the show on a Sunday lunch was incredibly disappointing. For a start there was hardly any. I got one small slice of beef and one small slice of gammon and that was it. Wife had 2 small slices of gammon. I mean come on, really? The beef was overcooked (not in the slightest bit pink) and tough. The gammon was pretty tasteless, just struck me as a not very good quality gammon joint. We've had far more meat and better cooked / quality meat everywhere else we've been recently. Is 2 small slices of meat the norm these days on a pub Sunday roast lunch? Definitely got more than that at Red Sails over the bridge and also Memories in New Holland and even a little cafe in Cleethorpes that charge £7.50 for a Sunday roast and you get a lot more meat than we got on this occasion. Anyway on the basis of what we experienced we won't be back which is a shame really. As far as I'm concerned the food has gone downhill compared to under the previous management and they seriously need to look at their choice of starters and offer things like soup or pate etc and to be honest the choice of desserts wasn't particularly inspiring either (no cheesecake for example). I don't like being critical but I have to be honest , could we have said something at the time, yes probably although when asked at the bar when there are quite a few people about I didn't feel comfortable doing that really. At least by writing a review hopefully the establishment can consider what I've said and make some improvements, if they feel my complaints are justified of course. The staff seemed friendly enough and certainly made us feel welcome, it was just the starters and the meat that let it down , sorry but I'd need to see evidence of a big improvement in those departments before I'd consider going for Sunday lunch here again.
Good service, excellent food this place will take off. The Sunday roast was brilliant, gravy excellent, gammon well seasoned and cooked
Recently under new management, The place is warm friendly welcoming. Staff are amazing. Food is superb and reasonably priced definitely value for money! Great drinks awesome atmosphere. So happy to have found this little gem! I will be back! Thank you
Please ignore the negative reviews in the past - new people have just taken over and Soon as we walked through the door we knew we were in for a good time- great welcome And superbly kept real ale was a good start - we ordered 2 Roasts and the food was excellent And at just over £8 each good value for money- I love pubs like this when they are so welcoming- if they were run like this a lot more pubs wouldn’t be closing sadly
Booked a table for 4 people for 2pm. Still not served coffee or lunch by 3:30pm. The poor waitress was sent out twice to apologise & told us it would be instant coffee. We observed that many people were leaving their food & they told us the meat was chewy. After being told the food would be at least another 20mins we got up & left. I would have marked the food had we received any. Only then did the barmaid apologise saying she was sorry. At which point so were we for booking there.
Lovely service/ friendly staff, quality food. Reggie the pub dog deserves employee of the
The Wheatsheaf is very hit and miss, one week food and portion size will be very good and the next week the total oppisite poor to average food and child sized portions It is a shame because when its good it is really good, just wish the management would be more consistant
Visited for lunch. Light bites just the right size for us. Great steak and good sausages. Real chips too.
Great pub, a proper pub that serves good food. We were away on business, didn't have a clue on where to eat but this place is just a little gem. Good friendly service, very polite and great banter from the very young lady who served us. The food was really good, we both ordered the Rib eye steak, very good indeed, cooked exactly how we wanted and real proper chips - some of the best we have had in a while. We both ordered a pudding, the Treacle sponge was outstanding, one of the best I have had, very well complemented with Vanilla Ice cream. It is a pub, the décor could do with a refresh, but what a little gem - Thank you for serving us - top dollar.
Excellent service and quality for moneyWheelchair accessibility: Only available via the front entrance. Unfortunately due to the age and building restrictions of the pub, disabled toilets are not available for wheelchair users ?
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Treated my kids to an evening meal out and this place didn’t disappoint. Their kids menu has all the usual necessities (nuggets, pizza, sausages) and they were good sized meals. Nuggets were decent home-cooked ones which went down a storm. Reasonably priced for good sized meals, though could do with more vegetarian options. I had a fish dish instead. Really polite waitress who complimented the kids on good behaviour and offered them different drinks choices when they were indecisive. Thanks Wheatsheaf for a well earned treat tonight!
My friend and I had a meal at the wheatsheaf last month and it was very nice so we decided to go back again today. Big mistake. The bar person asked if we were eating which we were. She told us to sit down and she would come and take our drinks order. After waiting 10mins my friend thought she would just order at the bar. She went up to the bar and the same person that had told us she would take our order ignored her and went on to serve someone else who just walked in! The place wasn’t over busy so we can only assume they didn’t want custom. We promptly left and went across the road were the service, food and drinks were excellent. We won’t be going back to the wheatsheaf
Service excellent food lovely highly recommend anybody to visit for lunch.
Food lovely and staff very friendly
Booked table for 7pm, arrived to be told it was a 30 min wait for food, was shown to our table then told it was now 45min wait because they were extremely busy ????? Only one other table in the whole place had 4 people on it! Food came at 8.05pm. We expected a high standard as it had taken so long, the food was edible but nothing special. Gravy was very salty . Won't be going again.